Class Description

The fossil fuel consumed by the non-nuclear thermal generating unit. For example, coal, oil, gas, etc. These are the specific fuels that the generating unit can consume.

Attributes

Name Type Description
fossilFuelType FuelType The type of fossil fuel, such as coal, oil, or gas.
fuelCost CostPerHeatUnit The cost in terms of heat value for the given type of fuel.
fuelDispatchCost CostPerHeatUnit The cost of fuel used for economic dispatching which includes: fuel cost, transportation cost, and incremental maintenance cost.
fuelEffFactor PU The efficiency factor for the fuel (per unit) in terms of the effective energy absorbed.
fuelHandlingCost CostPerHeatUnit Handling and processing cost associated with this fuel.
fuelHeatContent Float The amount of heat per weight (or volume) of the given type of fuel.
fuelMixture PerCent Relative amount of the given type of fuel, when multiple fuels are being consumed.
fuelSulfur PU The fuel’s fraction of pollution credit per unit of heat content.
highBreakpointP ActivePower The active power output level of the unit at which the given type of fuel is switched on. This fuel (e.g., oil) is sometimes used to supplement the base fuel (e.g., coal) at high active power output levels.
lowBreakpointP ActivePower The active power output level of the unit at which the given type of fuel is switched off. This fuel (e.g., oil) is sometimes used to stabilize the base fuel (e.g., coal) at low active power output levels.

Relationships

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Descendant classes

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Leaf/Root class

IsLeaf IsRoot
False False

Associations

Source Class Cardinality Source Target Class Cardinality Target Source Name Source Assoc. Description Target Name Target Assoc. Description
FossilFuel 1 FuelAllocationSchedule 0..* FossilFuel A fuel allocation schedule shall have a fossil fuel. FuelAllocationSchedules A fuel allocation schedule shall have a fossil fuel.
FossilFuel 0..* ThermalGeneratingUnit 1 FossilFuels A thermal generating unit may have one or more fossil fuels. ThermalGeneratingUnit A thermal generating unit may have one or more fossil fuels.